Folding box.



W. C. WILLETS.

FOLDING BOX.

APPLICATION F| LED AUG,3, L9H- BENEWED MAY 26,1913.

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FOLDING BOX.

APPLlCATION r1120 wens. 1911. RENEWED MAY 26,1913.

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WILLIAM C. WILLETS, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

FOLDING BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1915.

Application filed August 3, 1911, Serial No. 642,170. Renewed May 26, 1913. Serial No. 770,055.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM C. WILLETs, of Minneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Boxes, ofwhich the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to folding boxes and particularly to that type used as a receptacle for" shipping purposes.

A further object is to provide a receptacle having a sealing means and adapted for transporting such articles as boxes of cigars, tobacco in various forms, and other H161: chandise which is often stolen in transit.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detailed description.

My invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a folding box embodying my invention, showing the box closed, sealed and ready for shipment, Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the box open, Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view, showing the manner of passing the sealing cord through the end flaps of the box, Fig. 4 is a view of the blank scored and ready for folding.

In the drawing, referring to Fig. 4, 2 and 3 represent panels forming the side walls of the box,and 4 and 5 the end walls. The panel 5 has a lip 6 formed thereon, which, when the box is folded, is secured to the end of the panel 2 by suitable means, as staples 7. (See Figs. 2 and 3). The panel 2 has flaps 8 and 9 andthe panel 3 has flaps 10' and 11. The flaps 8 and 10 are folded over upon one another, as shown in Fig. 1, and the flaps-9 and 11 are correspondingly folded when the box is set up. The panels 4 and 5 have flaps 11. and 12 and 11 and 12*.

These flaps are at the top and bottom of the end panels and are folded inwardly beneath the flaps of the side panels. Each of the end flaps have-notches 13, substantially V- shaped, therein, and similar notches 14 are provided inthe edges of the flaps of the side panel 2. At the point where the flaps of the panels 4 and 5 join the end panels, perforations'15 are provided, and similar perforations 16 are provided in the flaps 10 and 11.

When the box is set up, the end flaps 11? and 12 are folded inwardly and the flaps 9 and 11 are bent and the blank folded until the flaps 8 and 10 at the top of the box are then folded inwardly upon one another to close the top, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. A cord 17 has its ends inserted through the perforations 16 in the flap 10 and carried across the'flaps 11' and 12 on the outside.

and down into the notches 13 in these flaps, thence outwardly through the perforations 15 at the top of the box and down on the outside of the walls 4 and 5 and through the perforations 15 in the lower portlon of these Walls and through perforations 16 in the flap 11 and the notches13 in the flaps 11 and 12 The ends of the cord meeting at the middle portion of the bottom of the box are crossed and the ends carried up around the sides 2 and 3 of the box and secured together at the top. The knot may be sealed by any suitable means.

Obviously it will be impossible to obtain access to this box without tearing the walls of the package or cutting the cord.

The notches in the flaps, which form an important feature of my presentinvention. assist very materially in the operation of placing the cord on the package, and they do away with the necessity of threading the flaps through small eyelets which, as the flaps are folded inwardlv, would be diflicult' of access and would hardly be visible.

The box may be made'in various weights of material according to the size of the blank and the purpose for which the box is to be used.

I claim as my invention 7 1. A folding box comprising side and end walls and flaps formed thereon, the flaps on one side wall having perforations therein, the flaps formed on the other side wall hav ing notches in their edges and the flaps formed on the end panels also having notched edges and perforations at their point of union with the panels, a lacing cord passing through the perforations in one flap at the bottom of the box and into the notches in the other flap at the bottom of the box and up on the outside of the end walls of the box through the perforations in the end flaps and one of the side flaps at the top of the box and into the notches of the end flaps and the other side flap at the top of the box and down on the outside of the other end wall of the package and thence-across the bottom, the loose ends of the cord being crossed-and extended from thence up around the outside of. the package and secured together. ,7

2. A folding one-piece box comprising a blank scored longitudinally and transversely to form side and end walls, andflaps for said side and end walls, said flaps, when folded inwardly upon one another, forming the top and bottom of the box, the flaps of one side wall having notches in their longitudinal edges and the flaps of the other side longitudinal score lines and in alineme'nt wall having perforations therein, the flaps of the end walls having notchesin their outer edges and perforations at their points of union with said end walls, and a lacing; cord passing through the perforations in said side wall flaps and said end wall flaps and into the notches of said side and end wall flaps and having its ends secured together.

3. A one-piece folding box cbmprising a blank scored longitudinally and transversely to form side and end walls and flaps thereon, said blank also having slits therein separating said end wall flaps from said side wall flaps, said side and end wall flaps being adapted to be folded inwardly upon one another to form the top and bottom of the box andhaving perforations therein, and a lacing cord therefor, one of said end Walls having a longitudinal lip thereon forsecurof the side wall at the other end of the blank.

4:. A folding, one-piece box comprising a blank scored longitudinally and transversely to form side and end walls, and flaps for said side and end walls, said flaps, when folded inwardly upon one another, forming the top and bottom of the box, the flaps of one side wall having notches in their, longitudinal edges and the flaps-of the other side wall having perforations therein, the flaps of the end walls also having perforations therein, and a lacing means passing through the perforations in said side wallflaps and said end wall flaps and into the notches of said side wall flaps, and having its ends secured together.

5. A one-piece folding box comprising side and end panels, said end panels having flaps formed thereon at the top and bottom and adapted to fold inwardly toward the center of-the box, said. side 'panelshaving flaps thereon adapted to fold inwardly over said endfla'p's, said end panels having openings in their upper and lower portions, the side and end flaps at the top and bottom of the box also having openings therein, and a lacing cord passing through the openings in the bottom flaps and through the openings ing said end wall to the corresponding edge in the end walls at the bottom and top of the box and througli the openings in the flaps at the top of the box, the loose ends of the cord folding box composed'of a I ing transverselj "thereof intersecting said with said transverse score lines, forming a series of flaps on each longitudinal edge of the blank, said flaps being adapted to fold inwardlyupon one'another to close the top and bottom of the box, some of said wall panels and some of said flaps having holes therein, and a flexible lacing means threaded through said holes and around the sides arid ends of the box, the loose ends of said'lacing means being secured together.

7. A one piece shipping box comprising side. and end panels composed of flexible material, said panels having flaps formed thereon at the top and bottom of the box and adapted tovfold' inwardly to form the bottom and cover, said end panels having openings therein, the side and end flaps at the bottom of the' box also having openings therein, and a lacing cord passing through the openings in the bottom flaps and through the openings in the end panels, the loose ends of the cord being secured together.

8. A one-piece shipping boX .c Q1mposed of a blank scored transversely to form side and end panels, the ends of the blank having means for securing them together to form the rectangular walls of the box, the side and end wall panels having flaps formed thereon at the top and-bottom, the side wall flaps being adapted to be folded inwardly toward one another and concealingthe end wall flaps, the abutting edges of a pair of said side wall flaps having openings therein and said side and end wall panels having openings therein, and a flexible lacing means passing in and out through the openings in said end wall panels and through the openings in said pair of flaps, themeeting portions of said flexible means being crossed and passed in and out through the openings in the ,side wall panels, the loose ends of said flexible means being secured together.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 25 day of July, 1911.

WILLIAM C. WILLETS. 

